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Household, Income And Labour Dynamics In Australia Survey




HILDA has the following key features:

  • It collects information about Economic and subjective Well-being , Labour Market dynamics and family dynamics.

  • Special questionnaire modules are included each wave and have covered topics such as Wealth , Retirement and Fertility intentions.

  • The wave 1 panel consisted of 7682 Households and 19,914 individuals.

  • Interviews are conducted annually with all adult members of each household.

  • The panel members are followed over time.

  • Funding has been guaranteed for eight waves, and the survey is expected to continue beyond wave eight.

  • Data releases occur in January. The release in January 2007 will be for data collected from 2001 (wave 1) to 2005 (wave 5).


HILDA data, when weighted, describe the Australian population (excluding those not living in households). The datasets ( SPSS , SAS and, from 2007, STATA files) are available for legitimate research purposes and application can be made from the HILDA website. The data are confidentialised by suppression of geographic and other identifying information. A bibliography of published research, the survey Methodology , the Questionnaires and a user manual are available from the HILDA website.


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